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H.I.P. 3 – now it begins

April 27th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

One reason why I’ve been so late on replying to messages or getting anything done is because we found a house. Oh wait… WE FOUND A HOUSE! There, that’s better. Honestly we weren’t even expecting it. We went out a couple weeks ago with about 8 houses on our list and the second to last turned out to be the winner. We put the offer in the following day and within 2 hours we had negotiated a price. That’s when the fun started…

We’ve already gone through the hand cramping marathon of filling out the mortgage papers, the inspection/bug check/radon is done and the appraisal is coming up. Currently we’re in the “OK here’s the shit that needs fixed ASAP for this to work. Let’s talk” phase. The couple we’re buying from seem cool so I’m sure the agents can get this figured out.

Lushie is really psyched about everything. Teaspoon likes the yard. Me? Yeah I’m getting there. I’m excited to be buying our first home and all that jazz but good lord there is just so much that has to fall into place and from what I’ve been told by a few, this is normal. tehjim told me over beverages “This is going to be one of the most stressful, blood pressure raising, pain in the ass things you can do but it’s so worth it at the end.”  So far, yeah we’re pushing that. With both of us working in a job that expected perfect record keeping our realtor has been amazed at how on the ball we’ve been. Honestly, we’re just ready to move out of the rental formerly known as Betty White’s Vagina ceiling. (I have an update on the neighbor who shovled his yard and OTIS coming up!)

If you’re the couple I’m buying the house from, thanks for Googling my name because that’s the only way you’re finding this. Be nice or all of these readers are gonna hunt you down (haha). No seriously, they’re all crazy. Don’t piss them off. I am looking forward to moving someplace new and not being a native yinzer I have to admit that learning the history of something new around here geeks me out. After word got out about where I’m going I found out that I have 7-8 friends close by. Know what that means… uh huh, MOVERS!

We can’t get too far ahead of ourselves though. Lushie and I have a long way to go in this process so just keep your fingers crossed and your prayers coming. Either way we’re moving somewhere and I have a ton of stuff that needs donated or given to someone on here (right Uncle Crappy… the table). That is another post I need to get working on.

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    • http://myverylastnerve.blogspot.com Gina

      Congratulations! Fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly.

    • Stacey

      Congratulations! I will agree with the person that told you that it is one of the most stressful times. But, totally worth it in the end. We went directly to the house after we closed and felt like someone was going to come and tell us to get the hell out! We just walked around and said “This is ours! It’s really ours!” Of course, in the pics that Mom took, Joe is smiling like crazy – I have an odd smile on my face. “Holy crap! The mortgage!”
      And, it pays to be organized. Our mortgage broker was impressed with the speed in which I could produce documents and information.
      Much luck!!

    • http://douglasderda.com douglas

      Thanks!

      I’m going over paperwork for our lender right now. Not to be a hippie but I can only imagine how many trees we’ve killed in this process. Lender and realtors have been kickass with using email and scans for communication but unfortunately a lot still needs to be printed/copied.

      We won’t be able to go to the house right away. Long story that I’ll get into later. Nothing to worry about.